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The New York Times was the first to track down "Kristen", the high-class prostitute whose two hours with former New York Governor Eliot Spitzer ended his career. Her real name: Ashley Youmans, aka Ashley Alexandra Dupre. She's 22, she's from Jersey, and she's newly single. Her MySpace profile is still live, if you'd like to listen to her demo. Or check out her top five! The kind-of insane Times story pretty clearly just went live because they knew their scoop wouldn't last. It summarizes her MySpace bio, quotes her talking about how she saw the Rolling Stones, and criticizes her demo song's "dated slang." And that's about it for news. But still, good show! Ashley's blog entry from Thursday, August 30 is full of awesome advice, so we will reprint it, below.
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So we have weeks/months of coverage on this girl to look forward to? Nice!
High-class call girl hot
$439.74 at best.
Seems like a nice girl.
Just an innocent question from an innocent girl.
What is it about this girl that you'd want to blow thousands of dollars on? She's attractive, but not supremely attractive. Is it because callgirls do kinkier things than some non-callgirls? How hard is it to find a girl that will do anal for free?
I can't imagine what it must feel like to be in her situation. Gah.
Mary J. Blige is online? I'm so going to IM her.
The New York Times scooped their rivals twice inside of a week. That must be a record.
Now you're just messing with us...that is clearly a picture of Julia Allison.
I'd spitz her.
@Richard: Unlike Spitzer she doesn't seem to be crazy, so she might be fine.
Paying her $4500 to get nasty is probably a good deal. And if she throws in *not* singing that song... priceless.
Nice but for that kind of money I expect something a little more Pam Anderson and a little less American Idle reject.
Jersey Girl by Tom Waits makes so much more sense now:
Got no time for the corner boys, down in the street makin all that noise,
Dont want no whores on eighth avenue, cause tonight Im gonna be with you.
Cause tonight Im gonna take that ride, across the river to the jersey side,
Take my baby to the carnival, and Ill take you on all the rides, sing sha la la la....
Her photo says hot 22 year-old just trying to get by with what she has to work with. Here top 5 says Christian Siriano.
Let's be nice. She hasn't really done anything wrong.
Seriously, that's Julia Allison.
@FuzeLine: yeah, now we know the real reason for the disappearance.
She eerily resembles Paris Hilton in the face
@BalknChain: But not in the boobs.
@Conbon: Seconded
There's web evidence of someone with that former name who's from Utah and goes to Brigham Young University, and who I feel very sorry for right now.
Her mom was quoted as saying: "She is a very bright girl who can handle someone like the governor," Ms. Capalbo said in a telephone interview Wednesday.
Ick. I'm calling my mom right now to tell her note to give quotes like that to the NYT if I get busted for prostitution.
I have the same bikini! (I'll go away now)
She's the new Amy Fisher, except without the gun.
We have two Myspace friends in common. Does that get me a discount?
Hey Eliot, how 'bout a lil' threesome ... just You, Me and Dupre ...
At least we can all breathe a sign of relief that the search for the next Pussycat Doll is over.
At least she was happy on a boat once.
She gives dating advice!
Are all dating-advice-givers actually high priced hookers?
@Richard: A French boat!
@Richard: Kidding is fun and I probably won't stop, but you're right -- she's 22 and her life is changed forever. I went through her page too. She seems nice.
@Conbon:
True. But still. I'd pay her $4,300 to stop singing.
A Jersey girl who dreams of a career singing bad music and is willing to put out. Makes you wonder how they managed to zero in on her.
INVIZABUL KLEENECKS BOX
@misssgolightly: you don't pay a call-girl for sex, you pay her to go away afterwards. Not that I know from experience, I'm emotionally needy and would run a massive tab for a GFE that included browsing Labyrinth or St. Marks.
@misssgolightly: Oh come on. She's very attractive.
And to paraphrase Charlie Sheen (I think): "You don't pay them to have sex with you. You pay them to leave afterwards."
@misssgolightly: Actually, it's nearly impossible to find someone who will do anal as part of a loving and giving relationship. I don't know what you've read, but most women just don't.
@friend_of_a_friend: she gave him a blowjob WITH HER BRAIN
My guess is someone from Lisa Bloom's family, a good PR person, and a solid offer with a reasonable media outlet are all touching each other right now.
His wife is classicly beautiful (when not crying for days). Ashley is just cute, but I wouldn't like to see her at 50.
@Mary Mouse: She does seem...familiar...
Does summarizing her Myspace count as a single-source profile?
Crazy math:
$0.26 for the 3min, 7 sec song she made.
$4300 for 2 hrs in a hotel.
Her song is worth 0.4 secs of Emperor's Club work.
@Conbon: Um, prostitution is illegal and she participates in ruining lives and supporting all forms of prostitution and human trafficing so she can live in New York and buy shoes. Isn't that kind of wrong.
@koala325: She's no worse than Britney and probably could make a living of some kind at it.
@donmiguel: Tell me about it. And just try to find someone who'll put a gag-ball in their mouth while strapped upside down and filled with a butt plug. Doesn't anyone believe in romance anymore?
@donmiguel: You haven't met any of my girlfriends, have you?
@PersonOfInterest: Depends on what kind of shoes she's buying.
Those are some formidable cans.
In the context of spitzerfuckgate, her profile only makes me think of the most misogynist joke I've ever heard:
What is the piece of skin around a vagina called?
@plasticene: The point is the Spitzers of the world don't seem to want to see any woman at 50.
@higgs_bosom: @CaptainFantastic: I thought you pay to have sex with a callgirl to have sex with a spectacularly hot woman who you could never get on your own merit. And THEN to have them go away.
@donmiguel: I don't know what type of girls you've dated.
Anyways gentlemen, thanks for asking my innocent naive question.
@PersonOfInterest: Have you seen what a studio costs in Manhattan?
Dear New York Times: Since you're going about scooping things anyhow, I'd like an explanation of why Spitzer always looks like he's wearing eyeliner.
That is all.
such skin!
@Conbon: I agree. And it's not like she's been telling her story or seeking publicity. She seems like a bright nice girl.
I miss the good old days when we'd have to wait for details like this until she sold her story to Larry Flint.
I just painted Spitzer's portrait:
[flickr.com]
Will someone please explain to me the way the "diamond" rating system worked? What made the difference between three diamonds and seven? Skill? Looks? Education level? Musical talent?
Incredible...I didn't think she'd surface so soon.
I still, for the life of me, can't figure out how people pour their hearts out like that online.
Because it will disappear soon:
About Ashley Alexandra Dupré
I am all about my music, and my music is all about me… It flows from what I've been through, what I've seen and how I feel. I live in New York and am on top of the world. Been here since 2004 and I love this city, I love my life here. But, my path has not been easy. When I was 17, I left home. It was my decision and I've never looked back. Left my hometown. Left a broken family. Left abuse. Left an older brother who had already split. Left and learned what it was like to have everything, and lose it, again and again. Learned what it was like to wake up one day and have the people you care about most gone. I have been alone. I have abused drugs. I have been broke and homeless. But, I survived, on my own. I am here, in NY because of my music. It started when I moved in with a musician during my odyssey to New York. One day, I was in the shower singing "respect." He and his lead guitarist burst in, had me repeat it and it started. We wrote, rehearsed and toured. After recording a bit with them, I decided to move to Manhattan to pursue my music career. I spent the first two years getting to know the music scene, networking in clubs and connecting with the industry. Now, it's all about my music. It's all about expressing me. I can sit here now, and knowingly tell you that life's hard sometimes. But, I made it. I'm still here and I love who I am. If I never went through the hard times, I would not be able to appreciate the good ones. Cliché, yes, but I know it's true. I have experienced just how hard it can be. I can honestly tell you to never dwell on the past, but build from it and keep moving forward. Don't let anyone hold you back or tell you that you can't…because you can. I didn't and here I am, just listen to it…. What we Want is my latest track. It's really about trust, something my past has made very difficult for me to feel. This one was inspired by a guy, who taught me not to confuse my dreams with the sounds of the city…I hope you like it.
Also, does this mean she'll now be taking Tionna Smalls' place as the new Gawker advice columnist?
@misssgolightly: Nope. Just the going-away part (and, in the Spitzer case, the secrecy allowed.) If you have $4,000 to blow on a "date", you will have no trouble picking up a "Kristen" in a more socially-sanctioned fashion for more socially-sanctioned activities. I suppose an additional argument is that you outsource six hours of bar-ops to a sketchy Russian pimp, which, to get to PersonOfInterest's point, probably involves violation of labor laws.